W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
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PEAKS. Winter — Continued. 
SANTA ANA. A new pear, originated at Santa Ana, in Los Angeles County. li Is a large conical 
shaped pear, a bright golden yellow, covered with russet; it is an exceedingly handsome fruit, nesh nn^ 
grained and free from all woody substance, with a flavor equal to the finest Winter Nelis or the famc^s 
Seckel;it will eat well when picked from the tree, and yet will keep all Winter; it is a very remarkab e 
pear in this respect; its shipping and keeping qualities cannot be excelled. We consider it a very va ua- 
ble accession to our list of pears. The tree is a moderatly strong grower, with upright habit, forming a 
close, compact head, makes a very handsome tree. Price 35 cents each, $30 per 100. 
PEACHES. 
In order to secure healthy and vigorous trees it is necessary to prune severely. Their tendency in 
this State is to develop an immense number of fruit buds, and as they are not destroyed by i'“®y 
produce more fruit than the tree can mature. The consequence is that it is small and inferior.^ The tree 
should he trained low and pruned regularly every year. By this practice the breaking of limbs is avoided, 
and tbe fruit grows much larger and finer. Many new varieties have been produced in the past few years, 
so that the fruiting season has been materially lengthened. The following list contains most of the val- 
uable kinds, but the period of ripening varies so much in different localities that the time given can only 
be considered approximate. 
We have the largest and finest stock of peaches on the Coast. 
PRICE OF TREES— Leading Varieties. 
each 
100 
1000 
$0 25 
$20 00 
$160 
20 
15 00 
110 
30 
25 00 
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Jb'reesloite. 
YELLOW ST. JOHN. A fine yellow freestone, very much like the Early Crawford, and ripens a 
little earlier. Shipping qualities good. 
BKIGG S RED MAY. Fruit medium to large, deep red cheek, flesh firm, good market variety; 1st of 
June. 
GOV. GARLAND. Fruit large, bright red cheek, ripens with Alexander. 
WATERLOO. Medium size, deep red, early. 
ALEX.ANDER. Medium size, white flesh, with clear red cheek; ripens here 10th of June; the earliest 
shipping peach. 
"•HALE’S EARLY. An early and very profitable market peach; medium size, and nearly round; 
skin greenish, mostly covered with red when ripe; flesh white, melting, juicy, rich, sweet; 20th of June. 
Ships well. 
“FOSTER. Very large yellow peach, red cheek, bears well, ripens about same time as Early Crawford, 
*E.\RLY CRAWFORD. A magnificent large yellow peach, heavy bearer, one of the best for ship- 
ping and all purposes, ripens last of June. 
*LATE CRAWFORD. Much the same as Early Crawford, but ripening two weeks later. 
“WHEATLAND. A large yellow free, bright red cheek, ripening a little later than Late Crawford, 
one of our most popular peaches. 
“JONES’ SEEDLING. Origin, Sacramento; large yellow flesh, with red cheek, excellent flavor, 10th 
of August. 
“SUSQUEHANNA. Very large yellow peach, red cheek, of best quality; July. Ripens Aug. 1st. 
KEYPORT WHITE. A large white peach, with red cheek, good for shipping, canning or drying, 
last of August. 
WARD’S LATE FREE. Large white flesh peach, good for canning, September. 
“SALWAY. Large yellow peach, dull red cheek, good flavor, superior market variety; 1st of Sep- 
tember. 
“BILYEU’S LATE OCTOBER. Large, white flesh, red cheek, very fine flavor, good shipper; ripens 
20th o£ October, tree strong grower, doesn’t curl, freestone, does best in foot-hills. 
“PICQUET’SLATE. Very large, yellow, with a red cheek, flesh yellow, buttery, rich and sweet, 
and of the highest flavor. 
“MUIR. Large, yellow peach, flesh very dry and sweet, pitt very small, one of the best for drying 
and canning, planted more for this purpose than any other peach. 
WAGER. Almost a fac-simile of the Muir, and supposed by some to be the same. 
“STILSON. (California Seedling.) A very large yellow fleshed peach, bright red cheeks, with dark 
crimson stripes, one of the very best market sorts, ripens two weeks later than the Late Crawford. 
“LOVELL. Well recommended. 
